Video shows a second group of Baltimore cops allegedly planting evidence in drug bust

A video from a Baltimore police officer’s body camera shows a city officer manipulating evidence by placing drugs in a can. (WBFF)

A bodycam video showing a second group of Baltimore cops apparently planting evidence has been uncovered, the Maryland public defender's office announced Monday.

The video shows seven officers "working together to manufacture evidence," according to The Baltimore Sun.

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Police said the video includes "two arrests and the recovery of drugs from a car during a traffic stop."

The footage released by the public's defender's office and obtained by ABC News shows the officers searching through the driver's car before turning their body cameras off and on. An officer allegedly plants something in the car, and then the others discover the drugs, the video shows.

Charges against the driver in the November arrest were dropped, according to the network.

The same office released a video last month depicting an officer apparently planting drugs in an alley filled with trash. Officer Richard Pinheiro was suspended as a result, and two other cops, Hovhannes Simonyan and Jamal Brunson, were placed on administrative duty.

Tyrone Jones (back left) pictured with his family. Jones is embroiled in a scandal in Baltimore where bodycam alledgedly revealed he was framed for drug charges by Baltimore Police. (Courtesy Jones Family)

Charges against 27-year-old Tyrone Jones, who was involved in that case, were dropped.

The Baltimore State's Attorney's office told the Sun that two officers were referred to the police department's Internal Affairs division for further investigation about the video.

State Attorney Marilyn Mosby said at a Friday press conference that prosecutors have dropped felony and gun charges in 34 cases where Pinheiro and the other officers have testified. Mosby hinted at a second video but didn't describe the context of the footage.

The Baltimore Police Department said it is working on with the public defender's office and state attorney's office.

"Anytime an allegation of misconduct is made, we take it seriously and investigate it fully. Right now, we are investigating the allegation that was brought forth by the Office of the Public Defender and the State's Attorney's Office," the department said in a statement to ABC.